Reid, Anthony

Imperial alchemy: nationalism and political identity in southeast asia / Anthony Reid - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xiii, 248 p. ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-237) and index.

Nationalism and Asia -- Understanding Southeast Asian nationalisms -- Chinese as a Southeast Asian 'other' -- Malay (Melayu) and its descendants : multiple meanings of a porous category -- Aceh : memories of monarchy -- Sumatran Bataks : from statelessness to Indonesian diaspora -- Lateforming ethnie in Malaysia : Kadazan or Dusun -- Imperial alchemy-revolutionary dreams.

0521694124 (pbk.)


Ethnicity--Southeast Asia.
Nationalism--Southeast Asia.


Southeast Asia--Ethnic relations.
Southeast Asia--History

320.540959 / REI/I